Mark Fox, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara

Mark Fox, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara

Chairman Mark N. Fox MHA Nation • Fort Berthold Indian Reservation: 980,000 acres. 530,000 acres are held in Trust • 552,000 acres within the producing region: 122K Tribal, 261K Allottee, 169K Fee • 381 wells (5/15) with Tribal Mineral Interest, and 18% average Tribal royalty rate. • Number of Drilling Rigs Accessing Minerals on FBIR: 13 (including fee and trust land) • Currently 300,000+ bpd/FBIR (5/15). • Equates to 15% of N.D. production, and 2% of U.S. daily oil production. North Segment Shell Creek • Current Tribal Natural Resources • Oil • Rig Count 2014 -26 rigs – 220,000 bbl • 2015 – 13 rigs 8 trust -180,000 bbl • Trust land (allottee and Tribal) • Trust property 66% / Fee 33% • ND reached 2 Billion in royalties • Natural Gas • Flaring has declined from 50% to 20% over the last 24 months • Water • Industrial Use • Infrastructure • Missouri River Resources (oil, gas, pipelines) •Covering Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream • Tribally owned and operated • Thunder Butte Refinery • Tribally owned and operated • Section 17 Water Development • Tribally owned and operated • Non-operated Interests • Working interest in 40 non-operated wells. • Working interest in above wells ranges from <1% to 25%. • Approximately $2 million in royalties to Tribe since 2013. • $7.3 million in working interest to Missouri River Resources. • Amount withheld from Tribe due to BLM and BIA delays in processing leases on Little Missouri River: $18 Million in working interest to MRR and nearly $5 in royalties to Tribe. • Sacagawea Pipeline • 72 mile pipeline will transport crude oil from two origination points near Johnson’s Corner in McKenzie County, ND to two destination points north of Lake Sacagawea (Stanley, ND and Palermo, ND). • 16 inch pipeline with initial capacity of 120,000 bbl per day. • Bored through bedrock 100 feet below lakebed of Lake Sacagawea. • Other proposed pipelines still fighting to lay (trenching) the pipeline on bottom of Lake. • Missouri River Resources will own 12% of crude pipeline. • Status of Pipeline – Permitting/Construction • State • permits hearings conducted and permitting in final stages. • Federal • BIA lead agency on Environmental Assessment. • Issued FONSI • Awaiting Army Corps of Engineers 408 Review – Completion date unknown. Department of Interior Office of Natural Bureau of Indian Bureau of Land Resource & Office of Special US Geological US Fish & Wildlife Affairs Management Revenue Trustee Survey • Gas • Utilizing flaring for power generation and development • Power development from other sources • Pipeline Investments • Taxation on Tribal Lands • Ownership and Development Environmental Protection • 2015-2016: • Operated: 8 wells on two 320 acre spacing units. • 2016-2018: • Operated: 24 to 32 wells on four 1280 acre spacing units. • Continued investment in working interest (non- operated) opportunities with Reservation. • Gas Gathering: • Gas Pipeline to run parallel to crude pipeline. • MRR will build gas gathering and gas processing system onto this pipeline. • MRR ownership will range from 50% to 100% on the different components of this system. • Lateral to Thunder Butte Refinery: • MRR and Thunder Butte to co-own crude 24 mile crude pipeline from Sacagawea Pipeline to Thunder Butte Refinery. Lake Sakakawea on the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation • Among the important facts emphasized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are these two: • Water use has been growing at more than the rate twice of population increase in the last century. • By 2025, 1.8 Billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under stress conditions. • Conservation over surface and sub-surface water • Key Areas •Positioning •Owning •National Policy Leadership •Collaborative Efforts •Stewardship and Protection .

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